They say that fact is stranger than fiction, and the fact is that more people in India die annually due to exposure to cold weather rather than because of earthquake, cyclone or torrential rain. Data accessed from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) shows that every year more people die because of 'exposure to cold' than due to landslide, flood or epidemic. The report entitled Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India...
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MGNREGA back on track, job numbers hit five-year-high -Harish Damodaran & Shalini Nair
-The Indian Express The seeming revival over the last two quarters reverses the trend of declining employment under MGNREGA seen during the first year of the Modi government. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, the flagship welfare programme of the previous UPA government, appears to be staging a revival of sorts. And this turnaround is being attributed mainly to better monitoring by the Centre and timely release of funds. The July-September...
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-Livemint.com Wheat sowing is lower by 5.6%, pulses by nearly 7% and oilseeds shows a lag of nearly 12%, compared to the normal area sown by this time of the year New Delhi: An unusually dry and warm winter across northern India has impacted sowing of winter crops, even as the window for planting is nearing its end. While overall sowing of Rabi (winter) crops is lagging behind by 6% compared to...
More »What a cheque for Rs.23 says about the state of the Indian farmer -Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com The money came from the Centre, which in April revised the amount farmers get as relief for crop damage New Delhi: Two weeks before 2015 ended, 50-year-old Sukhrani received a new year’s gift from the Uttar pradesh government. The local revenue officer visited her village in Banda district of Uttar pradesh to hand out cheques to families whose winter crop was damaged due to unseasonal rains between February and April...
More »Centre gives Rs 3050 crore to drought-hit Maharashtra, Rs 2033 crore to Madhya Pradesh -Vishwa Mohan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday approved financial relief assistance of Rs 3050 crore for drought-hit Maharashtra and Rs 2033 crore for Madhya Pradesh. The financial assistance will be given to these states from the National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF). The decision was taken by a high-level committee after examining the proposals based on the report of the central team which visited the severe drought affected states in...
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